A German government that does not include Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party after September’s general election appears more likely after two defeats in key regional votes.
And a mooted contender to succeed Mrs Merkel, who is not seeking a fifth term as Chancellor in the autumn, has said the centre-right needs to raise its game to keep the country’s top job.
Final results showed that Mrs Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was defeated in Sunday’s elections by two popular incumbent state governors. The Greens’ Winfried Kretschmann won in Baden-Wuerttemberg and the centre-left Social Democrats’ Malu Dreyer was victorious in Rhineland-Palatinate.
A German government that does not include Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party after September’s general election appears more likely after two defeats in key regional votes.
And a mooted contender to succeed Mrs Merkel, who is not seeking a fifth term as Chancellor in the autumn, has said the centre-right needs to raise its game to keep the country’s top job.
Final results showed that Mrs Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was defeated in Sunday’s elections by two popular incumbent state governors. The Greens’ Winfried Kretschmann won in Baden-Wuerttemberg and the centre-left Social Democrats’ Malu Dreyer was victorious in Rhineland-Palatinate.
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